Sugarcane pest attacks other crops in Negros

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has agreed to create a province-wide task force to prevent the spread of highly destructive red-striped soft-scale insects (RSSI), which have now spread from sugarcane to other crops. According to former Negros Occidental Governor Rafael Coscolluela, the new provincial body, once created, will

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